“When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.”
— Warren Buffett
The Warren Buffett investment philosophy calls for a long-term investment horizon, where a two-decade holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into Micron Technology Inc. (NASD: MU)? Today, we examine the outcome of a two-decade investment into the stock back in 1999.
| Start date: | 04/19/1999 |
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| End date: | 04/17/2019 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $22.00 | ||||
| End price/share: | $43.15 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 454.55 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 454.55 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 96.14% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 3.42% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $19,597.95 | ||||
As we can see, the two-decade investment result worked out as follows, with an annualized rate of return of 3.42%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 20 years ago into $19,597.95 today (as of 04/17/2019). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 96.14% (something to think about: how might MU shares perform over the next 20 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
Here’s one more great investment quote before you go:
“I rarely think the market is right. I believe non-dividend stocks aren’t much more than baseball cards. They are worth what you can convince someone to pay for it.” — Mark Cuban
